STS-130 launch

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NASA/Ben Cooper

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Space shuttle Endeavour lights up the predawn sky above Florida's Space Coast as it lifts off Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. Launch of the STS-130 mission to the International Space Station was at 4:14 a.m. EST. This was the second launch attempt for space shuttle Endeavour's STS-130 crew and the final scheduled space shuttle night launch. The first attempt on Feb. 7 was scrubbed due to unfavorable weather. The primary payload for the STS-130 mission to the International Space Station is the Tranquility node, a pressurized module that will provide additional room for crew members and many of the station's life support and environmental control systems. Attached to one end of Tranquility is a cupola, a unique work area with six windows on its sides and one on top. The cupola resembles a circular bay window and will provide a vastly improved view of the station's exterior. The multi-directional view will allow the crew to monitor spacewalks and docking operations, as well as provide a spectacular view of Earth and other celestial objects. The module was built in Turin, Italy, by Thales Alenia Space for the European Space Agency.

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• https://images.nasa.gov/details/2010-1650
• http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=45486 on the Wayback Machine
• http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/images/large/2010-1650.jpg^{[toter Link]}

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